| Show SEVIER indian fighters prefer richfield Rich fieM biennial encampment could be secured by prompt action on part of business men the receipt by W H dark clark of a request to attend a meeting of the state council of administration odthe of the andrin war veterans ao association which is to bt bf held at salt lake city on friday fajda evening april 3 comes as a hurry cill cid to the citizens of Ri richfield clifield who oho desire to secure the second campfire of the association for this city the encampment would mean the presence of between and veterans and friends and it would seem that this fact alone regardless of the advertising and other benefits which the city would derive from the meeting would A justify richfield in making a determined effort to bring the next encampment to this place there are many reasons for holding the campfire in this portion of the state one of the foremost is the fact that many of the engagements of the black hawk war took place in this county and the veterans of this memorable campaign would doubtless be pleased to visit the scene of one of the most strenuous indian campaigns in the history of utah what is more many of these veterans live in southern utah and have never before found it possible or convenient to attend the state encampments encamp ments most of the battles of the black hawk war and many of the engagements of the tha walker war were fought along the sevier and sanpete rivers the last state encampment was held at ephrum two years ago ago during the month of august it attracted an attendance of between and and there is no good reason why the attendance this year should not be grater especially if the encampment is held at richfield within easy reach of all the old indian fighters of southern utah no other town south of salt lake has better facilities than richfield for ministering to the comfort of the veterans and giving them appropriate entertainment the town has ne neer er before been so well equipped with hotels and boarding houses and the merits of its fair grounds race track pavilions opera house and other places of amusement are generally acknowledged ahe council ot administration of odthe the utah indian war veterans will meet at the fourteenth ward meeting house on west past first south street salt lake city on the evening of friday april 3 the meeting is called for the purpose of electing st ite officers making arrangements for the second state campfire and transacting other import ant business if the business men and citizens of having they ought not to lwe low my any time in preparing pre to capture the prize it is understood thit that the veterans will be to richfield this year and that the pro prospects meats are arc brighter than they have been before the commercial club would doubtless be able to c irry the to it a sue suc issue but it is 13 apparent that tha t it must lose no time in forming its plans in this connection it may be well to pub ilish for the benait of the v veterans e t e r ans the following incomplete muster m u s t e r roll of the company commanded command cd by captain james andrus the company doli delivered vercil peter shirt and family from the indians and protected the whites while leaving long valley in kane county the company was mas mustered in at virgin city I feb eb 20 1 1866 and was afterwards dismissed at grifton officers james andrus captain I 1 august P hardy first lieutenant I 1 thomis E dennett second lieutenant on oil eighth auge CAMPFIRE FOR SEVIER continued from first page jefferson wright second lieutenant jacob E terry sergeant william W pratt sergeant privates nathan H terry robert W reeves J james ames M 1 billard ballard william lam T riggs gardner potter elijah everett nathan E lewis daniel morriss ammon M terry george williams alma barney william draper allen alien B waters hyrum strong enoch K r dodge james W thaxton charles E griffin william L berry albert angel william T campbell westlee W jolly orley D bliss arum stephens silas hoyt william H dark clark and william iford ford M |
